Having finished watching Sherlock, a few thoughts.

[dira]

1) IS IT TIME FOR MORE YET?

JESUS MOTHER OF FUCK THAT IS NOT A FUN CLIFFHANGER. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY--BUT--DAMMIT--

2) Anyone who thinks Sherlock is genuinely and for real a sociopath is officially claiming to understand Sherlock better than Moriarty does, which I think is a mistake.

3) Okay, so Watson is the actual archetypal epitome of My Type of fictional character. But apparently now I also have a secondary crush on this Lestrade.

*facepalm*


Aaaand so after work today I checked out a copy of A Study in Scarlet and read just enough of it to catch some references in 1x03. ♥♥♥

Comments

[davidklecha]

Amusingly, I'm rereading the whole canon, mostly on my Droid. I really must... acquire... these episodes.

[dira]

And to bring the whole thing full circle, I have just started ... acquiring ... the Jeremy Brett series. :)

[davidklecha]

Heh. I definitely prefer the earlier ones to the later, as Brett kind of plumped up in the 1990s and looked to be a very beefy Holmes. He presents the rail-thin version better in the first couple of series.

Also? A Study in Scarlet has a massive digression at the midpoint of the book, an oddity among the Holmes that I've read. Almost to the point that I thought some other book had gotten smooshed into my e-copy by mistake. Don't let that throw you when you read it.

[dira]

Yeah, some people over on the LJ post warned me about the surprise!Mormons and ACD's general state of fail in that direction, so I was braced for it. It really did seem like he just needed filler to get up to novel-ish length and that's the first thing that came to mind. *g*

[missmollyetc]

I like the earlier ones! Later on, Jeremy Brett's medical problems became a bit more prominent, and though he's still good, he's not at his best. Also, you'll have to choose between two Watsons.

[dira]

But--but I want ALL the Watsons. *g*

[missmollyetc]

Then you may have them! ::grins:: It's just, people seem to choose between them so often. I forget which series is when they make the switch, however.